DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
DEPARTMENT
OF PEDIATRICS
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Internationally renowned, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital is a full-service children’s hospital and pediatric academic medical center with experts in 16 medical divisions and 11 surgical specialties who offer nationally ranked care not available at other institutions in the region, including a center dedicated to adolescent and young adult cancer treatment and Northeast Ohio’s only single-site provider of advanced maternal fetal medicine and neonatology services. As the primary pediatric affiliate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the only Level I Pediatric Trauma Center in the region, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital offers novel therapies, advanced technologies and clinical discoveries to children long before they are available nationwide. Our pediatric specialists – all of whom also serve on the faculty at the School of Medicine – are engaged in today’s most advanced clinical research and are widely regarded as the best in the nation – and in some specialties, the best in the world. Learn more at Rainbow.org.
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital is ranked one
of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals in eight children’s
specialties by U.S. News & World Report, including
Orthopaedics, Neonatology and Pulmonology.
Learn more at Rainbow.org/USNews.
Among the nation’s leading academic medical centers, UH Case Medical Center is the primary affiliate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
With more than 1,000 registered beds, UH Case Medical Center provides primary, specialty and subspecialty medical and surgical care. Located in the heart of Cleveland’s University Circle on a beautiful 35-acre campus, UH Case Medical Center includes general medical, intensive care and surgical units as well as three major hospitals:
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SEIDMAN CANCER CENTER
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS MACDONALD WOMEN’S HOSPITAL
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Our physicians and researchers – who also serve as faculty at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine – are leaders in their respective fields, and their ongoing clinical research programs push the boundaries of medical progress.
To learn more, visit UHhospitals.org
UH CASE MEDICAL CENTER
ACCELERATING BREAKTHROUGH DISCOVERIES INTO MEDICINESThe Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals is the nonprofit arm of The Harrington Project for Discovery & Development, a national initiative supporting breakthrough research by physician-scientists. The Harrington Project is a new and powerful approach to address the challenges of advancing discoveries into medicines.
To learn more, visit HarringtonDiscovery.org
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Visit UHhospitals.org/CME for the latest in live, webinar and on-demand Continuing Medical Education events.
The Department
of Pediatrics at
Case Western
Reserve University
School of Medicine
is third in the
nation in National
Institutes of Health
funding for pediatric
research, securing
$30.4 million
in 2013.
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The Angie Fowler Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Institute combines the expertise of pediatric oncologists at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital with specialists in medical, surgical and radiation oncology at UH Seidman Cancer Center – a founding member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center – to eliminate barriers to treatment, develop early diagnosis strategies and improve access to lifesaving clinical trials.
The Angie Fowler Institute’s outpatient unit opened in spring 2014 to change both the treatment experience and outcomes for adolescents and young adults – ages 15 to 30 – with cancer. Often caught between pediatric and adult oncology, adolescents and young adults face unique challenges – their cancers, treatments and social needs are very different from young children and older adults.
The Angie Fowler Institute promotes early diagnosis and offers nurse navigator services, survivorship programs and supportive services that address fertility preservation, isolation, lack of insurance and other issues that impact this age group. Age-appropriate facilities provide a comfort zone that includes a workout space, a rooftop respite garden and digital technology.
Robin Norris, MD, Director of the Center for Developmental Therapeutics at the Angie Fowler Institute, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, said the family-centered care model combines the resources of the pediatric and adult cancer centers to provide access to the best individualized treatment plans depending on each patient’s specific needs. A major initiative is just raising awareness of access to clinical trials.
“We know that, nationally, patients who are under age 15 have about 60 percent enrollment in clinical trials. Among ages 15 to 19, the participation level drops to 15 percent. In 20-year-olds, the participation level drops to 2 percent,” Dr. Norris said. “The pediatric and adult oncologists at our center decide together the best course of therapy and allow the patients access to clinical trials. This furthers science and, ultimately, improves outcomes.”
CLINICAL RESEARCHA team focus on translational research is bringing new therapies, drugs and medical devices to pediatric cancer patients to change the way cancer is treated. These clinical initiatives are tied to a strong, federally funded, preclinical development program that is supported by numerous NIH grants through the School of Medicine, currently providing more than $7 million.
According to Dr. Norris, the long-term goal is to translate basic science into tumor vaccines and immunotherapeutic clinical trials, with a focus on pediatric sarcomas and other solid tumors.
CHANGING THE FACE OF CANCER CARE FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS
All National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for basic and clinical research is awarded to the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.
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statewide collaborative
CLINICAL ADVANCES
NEONATOLOGY: Hypothermia therapy is the most promising treatment available for infants born with birth asphyxia. The goal of treatment is to minimize brain damage by inducing mild hypothermia within the first six hours of birth and continuing for three days. Birth asphyxia is a serious global problem and causes nearly one million newborn deaths worldwide. Hypothermia therapy is not widely available due to lack of a low-cost and effective hypothermia device. Sreekanth Viswanathan, MD, a neonatologist at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, and members of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, are leading efforts to design a portable cooling unit for treating hypoxic neonates. The unit aims to use low-cost technology to quickly and accurately cool the body surface using AC/DC power. The unit aims to adjust the temperature of a platform on which an infant lies to receive hypothermic therapy. The temperature of the cooling pad is adjusted through monitoring of an infant’s core temperature. The portable unit eliminates the drawbacks of the current system by reducing costs, maintaining a constant temperature and eliminating the need for a water source.
CRITICAL CARE: Philip Toltzis, MD, a critical care specialist at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, and Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, led UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital’s site participation in a statewide collaborative among eight pediatric hospitals in Ohio to reduce surgical site infections (SSI). Using measures tested in adult patients, the Ohio Children’s Hospitals Solutions for Patient Safety (OCHSPS) collaborative used Model for Improvement techniques to develop an SSI bundle for selected cardiac, orthopaedic and neurologic operations that included the avoidance of razors for site preparation, the use of chlorhexidine-alcohol for incisional site disinfection and appropriate timing of preoperative prophylactic antibiotics. The program resulted in a dramatic, sustained reduction in SSI incidents of around 65 percent in children across Ohio – including a similar reduction specifically at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.
PULMONOLOGY: Amy Marie DiMarino, DO, a pediatric pulmonologist in the Division of Pulmonology, Allergy and Immunology, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and James Hill, MD, FAAP, FACC, an interventional pediatric cardiologist in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, are leading UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital’s implementation of the multispecialty Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic that optimizes the management of pediatric pulmonary hypertension patients through a pediatric pulmonologist and cardiologist. The primary goal of this pediatric-specific program is to improve a child’s quality of life by focusing on early detection and treatment, including oral, intravenous and inhaled therapies. The clinic was established to coordinate management and diagnosis of pediatric pulmonary hypertension patients to prevent the need for lung transplantation.
CARDIOLOGY: Dr. James Hill has initiated the Hearts at HOME (High-risk Outpatient Monitoring and Education) program with Nurse Practitioners Jodi Zalewski, CPNP, and Kathryn Wheller, CPNP, for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, who are at the highest risk for mortality during their first six months. The program provides families with scales and pulse oximeters for daily monitoring of infants’ weight and blood oxygen levels, along with extensive education, weekly calls and clinic visits, and 24/7 mobile phone access to Hearts at HOME specialists. To date, patients in the program have shown increased oxygen levels and improved growth. Dr. Hill is working on a Hearts at HOME mobile app that will facilitate medical care, communications and visual examination of patients via live video.
Dr. James Hill
CONNECT: Contact any of the pediatric specialists featured in this publication via email at [email protected].
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Dr. Faruk H. Örge
All National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for basic and clinical research is awarded to the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.
The commitment to exceptional patient care begins with revolutionary discovery. University Hospitals Case Medical Center is the primary affiliate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, a national leader in medical research and education and consistently ranked among the top research medical schools in the country by U.S. News & World Report. Through their faculty appointments at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, physicians at UH Case Medical Center are advancing medical care through innovative research and discovery that bring the latest treatment options to patients.
TOMORROW’S CURES TODAY.
UH Case Medical Center’s physicians, surgeons and scientists –
all members of the faculty of Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine – are leaders in their respective fields,
and their ongoing research programs are at the leading edge
of medical progress. A strong emphasis on translational, or
“bench-to-bedside,” research means that new and innovative
treatments and technologies transfer more rapidly from the
research laboratory to actual patient care.
Michael W. Konstan, MD, Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at UH Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Austin Ricci Chair in Pediatric Pulmonary Care and Research at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, and Gertrude Lee Chandler Tucker Professor at the School of Medicine, was the lead investigator on a Phase III international study of an investigational new drug in treating patients with nonsense mutation cystic fibrosis (nmCF), one of the most severe forms of CF. Current treatments focus on alleviating symptoms and reducing infections, while ataluren – a protein restoration therapy – targets the underlying cause of disease. Promising results from this study support further clinical testing of ataluren as a potential first-in-class treatment for nmCF patients.
Raymond Liu, MD, a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, is investigating guided growth for limb deformity correction, a new field of orthopaedic practice that uses a plate the size of a paper clip to encourage gradual correction of a deformity.
Faruk H. Örge, MD, William R. and Margaret E. Althans Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology; Director, Center for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus, UH Eye Institute and UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital; and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, is the principal investigator of a study incorporating a NASA-developed device that measures blood flow and tissue oxygenation as a screening tool for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Scanning laser flowmetry offers a gentler way of screening and potentially revolutionizes the screening process.
Carol L. Rosen, MD, J.S. Rube Endowed Chair in Pediatric Sleep Medicine; Medical Director of the Pediatric Sleep Center at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital; and Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, was the lead author of a multicenter study that found children with sickle cell anemia are more likely to suffer from obstructive sleep apnea syndrome than otherwise healthy children. The paper was one of several manuscripts to come out of the National Institutes of Health-sponsored Sleep and Asthma Cohort study, a longitudinal cohort study of children with sickle cell anemia.
Dr. Michael W. Konstan
IMPROVED NICU OUTCOMES LEAD TO RENEWED INTEREST IN LUNG INJURIES IN PREMATURE INFANTS
Richard J. Martin, MD, Drusinsky-Fanaroff Chair in Neonatology at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, and Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, is leading groundbreaking research in developmental respiratory neurobiology as it pertains to the control of breathing and airways in premature infants.
Respiratory instability and the need to stabilize oxygenation are significant clinical problems. Underdevelopment of the lungs and the resulting lung injuries, along with this respiratory instability, lead to frequent episodes of profound and recurrent hypoxemia.
Dr. Martin’s discoveries in respiratory control during development have contributed greatly to the understanding of what regulates breathing during early development. A major focus of his efforts is to gain greater understanding of the consequences of these hypoxic episodes.
Another major problem faced by premature infants is a very high incidence of wheezing disorders, or asthma. There is a growing need to understand the epidemiology and pathogenesis of asthma that persists in the preterm survivors of neonatal intensive care.
Dr. Martin’s studies are using newborn animal models to unravel some of the mechanisms of how airway injuries occur, opening the door for future therapies.
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CHAIRMAN
Michael W. Konstan, MDChairman,Department of PediatricsUH Case Medical Center andCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineAustin Ricci Chair in PediatricPulmonary Care and Research,UH Rainbow Babies &Children’s HospitalGertrude Lee Chandler TuckerProfessor,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
VICE CHAIRS
Martha Wright, MDVice Chair for EducationProfessor
Mitchell Drumm, PhDVice Chair for ResearchProfessor
Ethan Leonard, MDVice Chair for QualityAssociate Professor
ADOLESCENT GYNECOLOGY
Marjorie Greenfield, MDProfessor
Lisa Perriera, MDAssistant Professor
ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
Rina Lazebnik, MDProfessor
Sara Lee, MDAssistant Professor
CARDIOLOGY
Christopher Snyder, MDDivision ChiefKeyBank – Meyer Family Chairfor Excellence in LeadershipClinical Associate Professor
M. Janine Arruda, MDClinical Assistant Professor
Ravi Ashwath, MDAssistant Professor
Marcelo Auslender, MDAssociate Professor
James Hill, MDAssistant Professor
Jerome Liebman, MDProfessor Emeritus
Jill Shivapour, MDAssistant Professor
James Strainic, MDAssistant Professor
CHILD ADVOCACY AND CHILD PROTECTION
Lolita McDavid, MDDirector, Professor
CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
John Hertzer, MDInterim Division DirectorClinical Director, Child &Adolescent PsychiatryAssistant Professor
Felipe Amunategui, PhDAssociate Professor
Joseph C. Bedosky, PhDAssistant Professor
Vincent Caringi, MDSenior Instructor
Maryellen Davis, MDClinical Associate Professor
Aaron Ellington, PhDSenior Instructor
Marcie Hall Mennes, MDAssistant Professor
Nora McNamara, MDSenior Instructor
Molly McVoy, MDAssistant Professor
Robin Mogul, MDSenior Instructor
Maria Pagano, PhDAssociate Professor
Robert Stansbrey, MDAssistant Professor
Libbie Stansifer, MDClinical Instructor
Tiffany Thomas, MDSenior Clinical Instructor
Karen Tien, PhDSenior Instructor
Cheryl Wills, MDAssistant Professor
Solomon Zaraa, DOAssistant Professor
COMPREHENSIVE CARE
Richard Grossberg, MDDirector, Associate Professor
CRITICAL CARE
Alexandre T. Rotta, MDDivision ChiefLinsalata Family Chair in Pediatric Critical Care and Emergency MedicineProfessor
Veerajalandhar Allareddy, MDAssistant Professor
Ingrid Anderson, MDAssistant Professor
Michael Anderson, MDChief Medical Officer,UH Case Medical CenterAssociate Professor
CLINICIANS AND SCIENTISTSat UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
Nicole Johnson, MDAssistant Professor
Karen Lidsky, MDAssociate Professor
Katherine Mason, MDAssociate Professor
Kathryn Miller, MDAssistant Professor
Steve Shein, MDAssistant Professor
David Speicher, MDAssistant Professor
Richard Speicher, MDAssistant Professor
Anne Stormorken, MDAssociate Professor
Philip Toltzis, MDProfessor
Joan Zoltanski, MDAssistant Professor
DEVELOPMENTAL BEHAVIORALPEDIATRICS & PSYCHOLOGY
Nancy Roizen, MDDivision Chief, Professor
Christine Barry, PhDAssociate Professor
Denise Bothe, MDAssistant Professor
Susan Bowen, PhDAssistant Professor
Marie Clark, MDAssistant Professor
Howard Hall III, PhD, PsyDProfessor
Rebecca Hazen, PhDAssistant Professor
Jane Holan, MDAssistant Professor
Carolyn Ievers-Landis, PhDAssociate Professor
Shanna Kralovic, DOAssistant Professor
Karen Olness, MDProfessor Emeritus
Kristine Rork, PhDAssistant Professor
Sarah Cain Spannagel, PhDClinical Instructor
Rachel Tangen, PhDAssistant Professor
H. Gerry Taylor, PhDProfessor
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Haitham Haddad, MDInterim Division Chief, Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Allen, MDAssociate Professor
Ann Bacevice, MDAssistant Professor
Karen Camasso, MDAssistant Professor
Deanna Dahl-Grove, MDAssociate Professor
Leslie Dingeldein, MDAssistant Professor
Amy Grube, MDAssistant Professor
Brendan Kilbane, MDAssistant Professor
Kristen Kim, MDAssistant Professor
Anne Lyren, MDAssociate Professor
Sarah Romero, MDAssistant Professor
Regina Rosace, MDAssistant Professor
Jerri Anne Rose, MDAssistant Professor
Erika Tress, DOAssistant Professor
Martha Wright, MDProfessor
ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES & METABOLISM
Rose Gubitosi-Klug, MD, PhDInterim Division ChiefMary Blossom Lee Chair in Pediatric DiabetesAssociate Professor
Abigail Glick, MDInstructor
Beth Kaminski, MDAssistant Professor
Sarah MacLeish, DOAssistant Professor
Sumana Narasimhan, MDAssistant Professor
Naveen Uli, MDAssociate Professor
Anaruda Viswanathan, MDAssistant Professor
Teresa Zimmerman, MDAssistant Professor
EPILEPSY
Ingrid Tuxhorn, MDDivision ChiefProfessor
Jun Park, MDAssistant Professor
Asim Shahid, MDAssistant Professor
GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY AND NUTRITION
Thomas J. Sferra, MDDivision ChiefMartin and Betty RosskammEndowed Chair in PediatricGastroenterology in honorof Fred C. Rothstein, MDAssociate Professor
Atiye Aktay, MDAssistant Professor
Virginia Baez-Socorro, MDAssistant Professor
Ali Khalili, MDAssistant Professor
Jonathan Moses, MDAssistant Professor
Fred C. Rothstein, MDPresident, UH CaseMedical CenterClinical Professor
Judy Splawski, MDAssociate Professor
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GENERAL PEDIATRICS
Rina Lazebnik, MDDivision Chief, Professor
Aparna Bole, MDAssistant Professor
Mireille Boutry, MDAssociate Professor
Laura Caserta, MDAssistant Professor
Michael Dell, MDProfessor
Amy Edwards, MDAssistant Professor
Erin Frank, MDAssistant Professor
Lydia Furman, MDProfessor
Sara Lee, MDAssistant Professor
Sharon Meropol, MD, PhDAssistant Professor
Keith Ponitz, MDAssistant Professor
Sarah Ronis, MDAssistant Professor
Allayne Stephans, MDAssistant Professor
Robyn Strosaker, MDAssociate Professor
GENETICS
Shawn McCandless, MDDivision Chief, Assistant Professor
Jirair Bedoyan, MD, PhDClinical Assistant Professor
Suzanne Debrosse, MDClinical Assistant Professor
Laura Konczal, MDClinical Instructor
Anna Mitchell, MD, PhDAssistant Professor
Aditi Parikh, MDClinical Instructor
Anthony Winshaw-Boris, MDProfessor
Arthur Zinn, MD, PhDAssociate Professor
HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY
John J. Letterio, MDDivision ChiefJane and Lee Seidman Chairin Pediatric Cancer InnovationProfessor
Sanjay Ahuja, MDAssociate Professor
Jennifer Anderson, PhDAssistant Professor
Peter de Blank, MDAssistant Professor
Rachel Egler, MDAssistant Professor
Alex Huang, MD, PhDAssociate Professor
Yousif Matloub, MDAngie Fowler Chairin Adolescent & YoungAdult OncologyProfessor
Robin Norris, MD, MPHAssistant Professor
Irina Pateva, MDInstructor
Agne Petrosiute, MDAssistant Professor
Connie Piccone, MDAssistant Professor
Ayman Saleh, MDAdjunct Assistant Professor
Duncan Stearns, MDAssistant Professor
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND RHEUMATOLOGY
Grace McComsey, MDDivision ChiefRainbow Babies & Children’s Foundation John Kennell Chair of Excellence in PediatricsProfessor
Elizabeth Brooks, MD, PhDAssistant Professor
Arlene Dent, MD, PhDAssistant Professor
Ankita Desai, MDAssistant Professor
Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo, DOInstructor
Frank Esper, MDAssistant Professor
Reut Gurion, DOAssistant Professor
Claudia Hoyen, MDVice Chair,UH Institutional Review BoardAssistant Professor
Ethan Leonard, MDAssociate Professor
Angela Robinson, MDAssistant Professor
MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE
Honor Wolfe, MDDivision Chief, Mary D. FergusEndowed Chair in Maternaland Fetal MedicineProfessor
Jane Corteville, MDAssistant Professor
Method Duchon, MDAssistant Professor
Stacey Ehrenberg, MDAssistant Professor
David Hackney, MDAssistant Professor
Noam Lazebnik, MDProfessor
Elizabeth Ruzga, ND, CNMAssistant Clinical Professor
George Van Buren, MDAssistant Professor
NEONATOLOGY
Michele Walsh, MD, MS EpiDivision ChiefWilliam and Lois Briggs Chair in NeonatologyProfessor
Prasad Achanti, MDClinical Associate Professor
Jill Baley, MDProfessor
Monika Bhola, MDAssociate Professor
Moira Crowley, MDAssistant Professor
Avroy Fanaroff, MDEliza Henry Barnes Emeritus Chair in NeonatologyProfessor Emeritus
Jonathan Fanaroff, MD, JDAssociate Professor
Katherine Griswold, MDAssistant Professor
Maureen Hack, MDProfessor Emeritus
Anna Maria Hibbs, MD, MSCRAssociate Professor
Richard Martin, MDDrusinsky-Fanaroff Chair in NeonatologyProfessor
Mary Nock, MDAssociate Professor
Mary Elaine Patrinos, MDAssistant Professor
Allison Payne, MDAssistant Professor
Thomas Michael Raffay, MDInstructor
Eileen Stork, MDProfessor
Andrea Trembath, MD, MPHAssistant Professor
Sreekanth Viswanathan, MDAssistant Professor
Kristin Voos, MDClinical Associate Professor
Deanne Wilson-Costello, MDProfessor
Gulgun Yalcinkaya, MDAssistant Professor
Qin Yao, MDAssistant Professor
NEPHROLOGY
Robert Cunningham III, MDDivision ChiefProfessor
Tamar Springel, MDAssistant Professor
Beth Vogt, MDAssociate Professor
NEUROLOGY
Mark Scher, MDDivision Chief, Professor
Nancy Bass, MDAssociate Professor
Edward Gilmore, MD, PhDAssistant Professor
Deborah Gold, MDAssistant Professor
Jessica Goldstein, MDAssistant Professor
Max Wiznitzer, MDProfessor
PALLIATIVE CARE
Dianna Yip, DOAssistant Professor
PATHOLOGY
Raymond Redline, MDProfessor
PULMONOLOGY, ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Benjamin Gaston, MDDivision ChiefProfessor
James Chmiel, MDAssociate Professor
Daniel Craven, MDAssistant Professor
Elliott Dasenbrook, MDConnie and Jim Brown Chair inPediatric Pulmonary SurvivorshipAssistant Professor
Pamela Davis, MD, PhDDean, School of MedicineProfessor
Dorr Dearborn, PhD, MDMary Ann Svetland Professor Emeritus and Chairman, Environmental Health Sciences
Amy DiMarino, DOAssistant Professor
Meeghan Hart, MDAssistant Professor
Leigh Ann Kerns, MDAssistant Professor
Michael W. Konstan, MDProfessor and Chair
Kimberly McBennett, MDAssistant Professor
Laura Milgram, MDAssociate Professor
Ross Myers, MDAssistant Professor
Carol Rosen, MDJ.S. Rube Endowed Chair in Pediatric Sleep Medicine Professor
Kristie Ross, MDAssistant Professor
Eli Silver, MDAssistant Professor
Kim Spoonhower, MDAssistant Professor
Robert Stern, MDProfessor
Steven Strausbaugh, MDAssistant Professor
SPORTS MEDICINE
Amanda Weiss Kelly, MDDivision ChiefAssociate Professor
Susannah Briskin, MDAssistant Professor
Mary Solomon, DOAssistant Professor
RAINBOW SURGICAL SPECIALISTS
Edward M. Barksdale Jr., MD, FACS, FAAPSurgeon-in-Chief Chief, Pediatric SurgeryRobert J. Izant, Jr., MD Endowed Chair in Pediatric SurgeryUH Rainbow Babies & Children’s HospitalVice Chairman, Department of Surgery, UH Case Medical CenterProfessor of Pediatrics
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Catherine Arora, MDMarcus Baratian, MDJanet Benish, MDEva Bhadra, MDAnita Bhardwaj, MDJoann Brewer, MDDeborah Brindza, MDDiane Burgin, MDElizabeth Carpenter, MDMichele Carruozzo, MDAmy Carruthers, MDPeter Catanzaro, MDLisa Cherullo, MDJennifer Coliadis, MDMarcia Columbro, MDMaria Coutinho, MDCathleen Coyne, MDNaser Danan, MDLori D’Avello, MDKristina DePaolo Carlin, DOLyn Hollis Dickert-Leonard, MDStephen Dutko, MDSusan Dykeman, MDJoy Ertel, MDAnn Failinger, MDDouglas Fall, MDElizabeth Feighan, MDDouglas Fleck, MDValerie Fouts-Fowler, DODeborah Friedman, MDMarilee Gallagher, MDAndrew Garner, MDGeorge Bradley Gascoigne, MDErnesto Gerardo, MDCynthia Gherman, MDGregory Golonka, MDKathleen Grady, MDMary Kay Greenberg, MDAnna Grinberg, MDSara Guerrero-Duby, MDJulie Gunzler, MDDonald Hackenberg, MDElizabeth Hagen, MDCarmen Hansford, MDAngela Hardman, MDAndrew Hertz, MDKari Jacono, MD
Steven Johnson, MDStephen Jurak, MDMohammad Kabbany, MDTeresa Kammerman, MDJon Kannensohn, MDNafisa Kondru, MDMichelle Levy, MDJulia Libecco, MDMeghan Lynch, DOMark Malinowski, MDLaura Mason, MDBrenda McGhee, MDStacey Memberg, MDMartha Myers, MDK.C. Nagaprakash, MDScot Occhionero, MDBrian Postma, MDJustin Rich, MDDawn Riebe, MDLaurel Roach-Armao, MDArlene Roble, MDLynne Romero, MDBarbara Rowane, MDMichael Saalouke, MDZane Saalouke, MDNeha Sheth, MDAlgirdas Skrinska, MDTrisha Snair, DOKatarina Stopko, MDCynthia Strieter-Boland, MDDieter Sumerauer, MDHurikadale Sundaresh, MDKevin Turner, MDJames Michael Underwood, DOEriks Usis, MDKathleen Utech, MDKimberly Vacca, MDSusan Vargo, MDRyan Vogelgesang, MDKatherine Wagner, MDDavid Walker, MDCarly Wilbur, MDTerry Wiseman, MDLloyd Yeh, MDSarah Youssef, MDBrian Zack, MD
ANESTHESIOLOGY
Paul Tripi, MDDivision ChiefAssociate Professor
Anjali Adur, MDAssistant Professor
Maura Berkelhamer, MDAssistant Professor
Anna Clebone, MDAssistant Professor
Sherine Ghafoori, MDAssistant Professor
Mark Goldfinger, MDAssistant Professor
Ann Lawrence, MDAssistant Professor
Sheryl Modlin, MDAssistant Professor
Kasia Rubin, MDAssistant Professor
John Stork, MDAssistant Professor
Judith Van Antwerp, MDClinical Assistant Professor
CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Peter C. Kouretas, MD, PhDDivision ChiefAssociate Professor
DENTISTRY/ORAL SURGERY
Gerald Ferretti, DDSDivision Chief Anne Hunter Jenkins Endowed Master Clinician in Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics Professor
Margaret Ferretti, DMDVisiting Assistant Professor
Sharon Freudenberger, DDSAssociate Professor
PEDIATRIC SURGERY
Edward M. Barksdale Jr., MD, FACS, FAAPProfessor
Scott Boulanger, MD, PhD, FACSAssistant Professor
Michael Dingeldein, MDClinical Assistant Professor
Anne Kim, MDClinical Assistant Professor
NEUROSURGERY
Warren R. Selman, MDHarvey Huntington Brown, Jr.,Professor and Chair,Department ofNeurological SurgeryUH Case Medical Center andCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineDirector, University HospitalsNeurological InstituteNeurosurgeon-in-Chief,University Hospitals
Jonathan Miller, MDAssistant Professor
Krystal Tomei, MD, MPHAssistant Professor
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
George H. Thompson, MDDivision Chief, Professor
Robert Anderson, MDAssistant Professor
Patrick Getty, MDAssociate Professor
Allison Gilmore, MDAssistant Professor
Christina Hardesty, MDAssistant Professor
Stephen Lacey, MDAssociate Professor
Raymond Liu, MDAssistant Professor
Jochen Son-Hing, MDAssistant Professor
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Faruk H. Örge, MD, FAAO, FAAPDivision ChiefWilliam R. and Margaret E.Althans Chair in PediatricOphthalmologyAssistant Professor
Florin Grigorian, MDClinical Instructor
Paula Grigorian, MDClinical Instructor
Sara E. Schoeck, ODSenior Instructor
OTOLARYNGOLOGY/ENT
Todd Otteson, MDDivision ChiefAssociate Professor
James E. Arnold, MDProgram DirectorProfessor
Cliff Megerian, MDChair of Otolaryngology– Head and Neck SurgeryRichard W. and Patricia R. Pogue Chair in Auditory Surgery and Hearing Sciences Professor
Maroun Semaan, MDAssistant Professor
Jay ShahAssistant Professor
PLASTIC SURGERY
Gregory E. Lakin, MDDivision ChiefClinical Assistant Professor
TRANSPLANT AND HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY
Edmund Sanchez, MDAssociate Professor
UROLOGY
Jonathan Ross, MDDivision ChiefAssistant Professor
Edward Cherullo, MDAssociate Professor
Lynn Woo, MDAssistant Professor
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